Catalytic Grants 2019

CodeTitleOrganisationLead PIFunding AmountAbstractProject Status
CGA/19/01B-type Natriuretic Peptide testing in acute heart failure. A re-evaluation of effective clinical thresholds in the emergency departmentUniversity of EdinburghDr Alan Japp£28,954CGA/19/01 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/03Investigating the extent and impact of child language brokering within healthcare settingsGlasgow Caledonian UniversityDr Kareena McAloney-Kocaman£20,715CGA/19/03 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/04Reaching consensus for core outcome measures for palliative and end of life care after severe stroke University of Edinburgh Prof Gillian Mead£34,728CGA/19/04 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/05Can personalised music be rapidly implemented in care homes as a non – pharmacological intervention for dementia University Edinburgh Dr Tom Russ £10,394CGA/19/05 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/08Bio-engineering of a scaffold-free elastic artery University Edinburgh Dr Patrick Hadoke £31,199CGA/19/08 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/10Metformin-associated B12 deficiency and cognitive function in Type 2 DiabetesUniversity of DundeeDr Li Kang£23,849CGA/19/10 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/11Identifying people living at home for anticipatory care planning and palliative care needsUniversity of EdinburghDr Kirsty Boyd£20,928CGA/19/11 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/12Metformin prescribing in patients with severe renal impairmentUniversity of DundeeDr Samira Bell£31,744CGA/19/12 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/13Maternal pathways to offspring psychiatric disorder: disentangling familial and pregnancy related factorsUniversity of EdinburghDr Angus MacBeth£24,090CGA/19/13 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/14Managed alcohol programmes for people who are homeless with severe alcohol problemsUniversity of StirlingDr Tessa Parkes£32,999CGA/19/14 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/15Pain relief in care homes: understanding the internal and external context through a scoping reviewUniversity of EdinburghDr Jo Hockley£29,913CGA/19/15 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/16Lung megakararyocyte and platelet function in response to air pollution exposureUniversity of EdinburghDr Jennifer Raftis / Dr Mark Miller£34,833CGA/19/16 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/18Maturation and specification of human embryonic derived endothelial cells by co-culture with human cardiomyocytesUniversity of EdinburghProf Andrew Baker£34,998CGA/19/18 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/19Supporting community recovery and reducing readmission risk following critical illnessUniversity of EdinburghProf Tim Walsh£33,777CGA/19/19 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/23Do neutrophil extracellular traps promote a dydregulated phenotype in lung resident mesenchymal stromal cellsUniversity of EdinburghDr Jillian Stephen / Prof Adriano Rossi£34,953CGA/19/23 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/24Feasibility test FACTORS, a human Factors-based quality improvement tool for prevention in dental practiceUniversity of GlasgowDr Al Ross£33,876CGA/19/24 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/28Developing the content of a ‘frailty bundle’ for use in acute NHS servicesUniversity of GlasgowDr Terry Quinn£28,983CGA/19/28 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/30Prescribing for common mental health disorders amongst people with cancer: a data linkage studyUniversity of GlasgowDr Claire Niedzwiedz£21,870CGA/19/30 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/31Using co-design to mitigate the ‘Inverse care law’ in rolling out an early detection of lung cancer serviceUniversity of St AndrewsDr Mara van Beusekom£28,297CGA/19/31 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/34Investigating cathelicidin blockade as a novel therapeutic for inflammatory bowel diseasesUniversity of EdinburghDr Emily Gwyer-Findlay£14,470CGA/19/34 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/35In vivo validation of novel biomarkers of response to radiotherapy in breast cancerUniversity of EdinburghDr Arran Turnbull£10,924CGA/19/35 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/43Exploring the potential for counselling people with dementiaUniversity of EdinburghProfessor Heather Wilkinson£33,718CGA/19/43 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/46Using behavioural science to improve the effectiveness of telephone-assisted CPRUniversity of StrathclydeDr Diane Dixon£31,190CGA/19/46 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/51The outdoors citizen science project: further development of an App-based platform, and citizen scientist approaches to data collectionUniversity of EdinburghProfessor Ruth Jepson£32,904CGA/19/51 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/52Improving older adults’ vaccination uptake: are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliable for older peopleUniversity of StrathclydeDr Lynn Williams£25,000CGA/19/52 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/56Early detection of cardiovascular graft degeneration in children and adults with congenital heart disease using 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) positron emission tomography (PET)University of EdinburghDr Adriana Tavares£24,450CGA/19/56 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/62Non-adherence to hormonal therapy in Breast Cancer survivors: a systematic review and qualitative analysis of the role of sleep disturbanceUniversity of StrathclydeDr Leanne Fleming£29,751CGA/19/62 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/63Identification of combination therapies targeting DNA damage repair signalling pathways in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia stem cellsUniversity of GlasgowDr Xu Huang£33,499CGA/19/63 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/68Therapeutic efficacy of ex vivo treatment of human kidneys with senolytic ABT263University of EdinburghDr David Ferenbach£34,100CGA/19/68 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/71Cleft lip education with augmented reality (CLEAR) project.University of GlasgowDr Stephen Lo£34,061CGA/19/71 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/77Transforming hospital discharge planning among ICU survivorsUniversity of DundeeDr Pam Ramsay£27,552CGA/19/77 abstractProject Active
CGA/19/83Can co-design enhance national quality improvement interventionsUniversity of DundeeDr Laura Beaton£33,617CGA/19/83 abstractProject Completed
CGA/19/86Improving identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Scotland – potential of a population / DNA microarray approachUniversity of DundeeProf Jonathan Berg£17,597CGA/19/86 abstractProject Active